Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Sold my les paul trad pro, old silverface twin (which needed all new tubes and caps and I didn't feel like paying for the repairs) and an old bass cab, bought new Gibson Les Paul Junior Special in gloss heritage cherry from GC, then bought a Boston Terrier Puppy for my fiance. His name is Waylon, and he rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dkerwood Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Nice axe (although it seems like it would be a downgrade from the trad pro), and you can't go wrong with a loyal dog! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martha_KH Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Congrats on all the new stuff. Bostons are the best. This is my second one, Sam: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Nice axe (although it seems like it would be a downgrade from the trad pro), and you can't go wrong with a loyal dog! Congrats! It's technically a downgrade yes, but I wasn't totally in love with the trad pro anymore and really wanted something with p-90's. I've always wanted a special, so I figured I'd do some wheeling and dealing. The extra cash is going to help my next upgrade, which will be from my tweed NOS blues jr. to a princeton reverb reissue. I haven't spent much time with it yet, but I LOVE the tone on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Congrats on all the new stuff. Bostons are the best. This is my second one, Sam: Haha he looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dkerwood Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 It's technically a downgrade yes, but I wasn't totally in love with the trad pro anymore and really wanted something with p-90's. I've always wanted a special, so I figured I'd do some wheeling and dealing. The extra cash is going to help my next upgrade, which will be from my tweed NOS blues jr. to a princeton reverb reissue. I haven't spent much time with it yet, but I LOVE the tone on this one. I'm still jonesing for a DC Gibby with P90s... a student of mine had a DC Special with one P90. Sounded great, but it's tough to know how much of that was his gear (that his rich parents bought for him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 You can take the sticker off now, it's yours. I'm still confused by the 'Junior Special' moniker. It's a Special. Two pickups, bound neck - that's a Special. No Junior appointments in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Oh and cute dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 You can take the sticker off now, it's yours. I'm still confused by the 'Junior Special' moniker. It's a Special. Two pickups, bound neck - that's a Special. No Junior appointments in sight. I know, I literally got to spend 5 minutes with it yesterday, we spent most of the day in the car between going up to atlanta for the guitar and then going to get the dog. I'm going to take it off tonight. It's the first baked maple fretboard I've seen in person but it's nice. Good dark color and no spots that I can tell. The overall fit and finish is nice from what I can tell, I haven't looked over every inch yet but I haven't found any flaws. The p-90's sound great, I think I am a p-90 guy. So versatile. Yeah, I don't get the jr. special name either. I wanted a gloss yellow one, but they only had a satin yellow and it was . . . awful. I played this one for 5 minutes in the store and knew it was coming home with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 I know, I literally got to spend 5 minutes with it yesterday, we spent most of the day in the car between going up to atlanta for the guitar and then going to get the dog. I'm going to take it off tonight. It's the first baked maple fretboard I've seen in person but it's nice. Good dark color and no spots that I can tell. The overall fit and finish is nice from what I can tell, I haven't looked over every inch yet but I haven't found any flaws. The p-90's sound great, I think I am a p-90 guy. So versatile. Yeah, I don't get the jr. special name either. I wanted a gloss yellow one, but they only had a satin yellow and it was . . . awful. I played this one for 5 minutes in the store and knew it was coming home with me. The P-90s in my CS are the best sounding pickups I've ever owned. I don't know if they do anything different for the CS builds, but man it's hard to top a Gibson-made P-90 IMO. I'm totally a P-90 guy - I don't know why I waited so long to get the real thing. If yours doesn't have it, make sure to try the '50s Wiring Mod' - it really opens up the tonal possibilities. Easy to check for - if yours is wired with the tone cap to the outside pot lug, just move it to the center one. Don't like it, just move it back. But I found that it opened up the sound a little more and it also vastly improves the function of the Tone control from a simple treble roll off to a 'Fat control' - you'll be able to get into Tele territory easier, and it'll even cop some faux acoustic sounds. I loved my Special before Howard hipped me to the mod, but now I can't live without this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 My favorite type o dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 The P-90s in my CS are the best sounding pickups I've ever owned. I don't know if they do anything different for the CS builds, but man it's hard to top a Gibson-made P-90 IMO. I'm totally a P-90 guy - I don't know why I waited so long to get the real thing.If yours doesn't have it, make sure to try the '50s Wiring Mod' - it really opens up the tonal possibilities. Easy to check for - if yours is wired with the tone cap to the outside pot lug, just move it to the center one. Don't like it, just move it back. But I found that it opened up the sound a little more and it also vastly improves the function of the Tone control from a simple treble roll off to a 'Fat control' - you'll be able to get into Tele territory easier, and it'll even cop some faux acoustic sounds. I loved my Special before Howard hipped me to the mod, but now I can't live without this guitar. What's the tone like with the tone control at 10, normal? I'll have to read into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Yep 'normal'. All the mod does is move the Tone cap from pre Volume control to post Volume control. http://www.dominocs.com/AshBassGuitar/Gibson50s.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Look at this little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reaganomics! Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 glad you dig the guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdrake34 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 glad you dig the guitar! You're partially responsible for this purchase, haha. It's a very nice guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhamnett Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Look at this little guy. HCFX pic of the week nominee. Cute lil guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martha_KH Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Look at this little guy. Bwaaawwww!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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